Cameras and the #Indian_Ocean
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In 1883, the Sultan of Zanzibar, #Barghash_bin_Said, commissioned a camera obscura room in the tower of his new palace, the House of Wonders. Royal family members were early enthusiasts and collectors.....
#CULTURE_PAGE #19th_century_photographs #A.C._Gomes #early_photography #east_African_studios #Eliot_Elisofon_Photographic_Archives #Humphrey_Winterton_Collection #National_Museum_of_African_Art #Photography #Sailors_and_Daughters #Smithsonian_Institution #Sultan_Qaboos_Cultural_Center